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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. preserve by chilling;
- Example: "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil"

2. cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator;
- Example: "refrigerate this medicine"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Refrigerate \Re*frig"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refrigerated (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Refrigerating.] [L. refrigeratus, p. p. of refrigerare; pref. re- re- + frigerare to make cool, fr. frigus, frigoris, coolness. See Frigid.] To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

refrigerate v 1: preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil" 2: cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "refrigerate": air-condition, air-cool, anhydrate, benumb, bite, blast-freeze, brine, chill, cool, corn, cure, cut, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, freeze, freeze-dry, freshen, frost, frostbite, fume, go through, ice, ice-cool, infrigidate, irradiate, jerk, kipper, marinade, marinate, mummify, nip, numb, penetrate, pickle, pierce, preservatize, quick-freeze, refresh, salt, season, smoke, smoke-cure, stuff, ventilate